IN HIGHER PEOPLES 191 



tant ages of the past. It is a form of warfare. 

 It is unsuited to a world of co-operation and divi- 

 sion of labor. Higher men are beings of sym- 

 pathy. They have the natures to pnt themselves 

 in the places of others. Their ideal is the Golden 

 Rule. But our system of industry compels us to 

 fight each other. It is a heart-hardener. It is a 

 system of cannibalism. Instead of instilling the 

 feeling of brotherhood, it compels us to eat each 

 other. It will pass away. It is already far ad- 

 vanced in its transition to a system based on sym- 

 pathy and systematic co-operation. 



Everywhere we turn we find evidence that the 

 *^ civilization/' so-called, of higher peoples is a 

 made-over something, and that the antecedent 

 thing from which it has been derived is the ** civ- 

 ilization" of the savage. In this derived *^ civil- 

 ization'' we find everyAvhere features of the old, 

 antecedent, and disappearing order of things — 

 customs, laws, beliefs, languages, ideals, and insti- 

 utions — which are now no longer functional, but 

 which survive in a more or less dwindling condi- 

 tion in obedience to the same laws as those which 

 perpetuate the vermiform appendix and the hairy 

 covering of our bodies and the hunting and fight- 

 ing instincts of our natures. It is of vast advan- 

 tage to us to be able to recognize these vestigial 

 features, in order that we may more skilfully dis- 

 entangle ourselves from them and at the same 

 time definitely turn our backs on them in our ef- 

 forts to advance toward a Better World. 



